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Patented Mar. I9, |901;

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 670,360, dated March 19,'1901.

Application led February 8, 1900. Serial No. 4,556. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. LAwLnR, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bags, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in 'bags or sacks, such as used forshipping grain l description-and claim when taken in conj unction withthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are perspectiveviews illustrat'ing the lower portion of a bag made in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section taken in the planeindicated by the broken line 3 3 of Fig. l and illustrating a portion ofthe body and one of the hand-grasps of the bag.

In the said drawings similar letters designate corresponding parts inall of the views.

The body A of the improved bag is made of suitable textile material insuch manner that when it is distended, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it isof rectangular form in cross-section, this shape being desirable,because it permits of the filled bags being compactly stored in ships,cars, and other carriers, and also because it renders it unnecessarywhen the bag is emptied to shake the same in order to remove thecontents from the corners thereof, and thereby saves both time andlabor. The

said body A is provided at the opposite ends of its rectangular bottom awith two integral hand-grasps B, which are preferably ytriangular inform and are made of two (more or less) layers of the textile material,as illustrated inFig. l When formed of two layers of textile materialafter the manner illustrated, the hand-grasps are joined to both thebottom and sides of the body A, which contributes materially to thestrength of the connection between them and said body. These hand-graspsB are separated from the interior of the body A by lines of stitches band are adapted when the filled bag is stored to be folded in under thesame, so as to be out of the way. When, however, the bag is to behandled or discharged of its contents, the hand-grasps are swungoutwardly, as shown, in which position they form convenient handles andpermit of the bag being handled and discharged of its contents withfacility and without the employment of hooks which, as before stated,are objectionable, because they puncture and tear the bags and render itnecl essary to frequently repair the same.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that while my improvementspermit of a bag being handled with facility and are calculated toprolong the usefulness of the same they do not add materially to theinitial cost of the bag, which is an important advantage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- Theherein-described bag formed of textile material, vand consistingessentially of the body A of rectangular form in cross-section, and theexterior, integral hand-grasps B at opposite ends of the bottom of thebody; arranged, when extended, to rest in the same plane as said bottom,the said hand-grasps. v

being each composed of two layers of material which form continuationsof the bottom and a side of the'body, and being separated from theinterior of the body by lines 0f stitches b, arranged at and extendingthroughout the length of the opposite ends of the bottom of said body,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. Y

. JOHN J. LAWLER. Witnesses: y

HENRY J. GAssIE, P. EBERT.

